Symbols

tastyquery.Symbols$

object Symbols

Symbols for all kinds of definitions in Scala programs.

Every definition, like classes, defs, types and type parameters, is associated with a Symbol. Symbols are organized in a hierarchy, depending on what kind of definitions they represent.

Symbol
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+- PackageSymbol                   any package, including the root package, the empty package, and nested packages
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+- TermOrTypeSymbol                   any term or type symbol, i.e., not a package
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   +- TermSymbol                      any term definition:
   |                                  `val`, `var`, `def`, term param, term capture, `object` value
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   +- TypeSymbol                      any definition for a type
      +- ClassSymbol                  definition for a `class`, `trait`, or the module class of an `object`
      +- TypeSymbolWithBounds         any other kind of type: `type` definitions, type params, type captures
         +- TypeMemberSymbol          `type` definition, further refined through its `typeDef`
         +- TypeParamSymbol
            +- ClassTypeParamSymbol   type parameter of a class
            +- LocalTypeParamSymbol   any other type parameter

Additionally, PackageSymbol and ClassSymbol extend DeclaringSymbol. Declaring symbols are the ones that contain declarations, which can be looked up with their names.

TypeMemberSymbols exist in 3 flavors, indicated by their typeDef field, of type TypeMemberDefinition:

TypeAlias(alias): type alias of the form type T = alias
AbstractType(bounds): abstract type member of the form type T >: bounds.low <: bounds.high
OpaqueTypeAlias(bounds, alias): opaque type alias of the form type T >: bounds.low <: bounds.high = alias

The main property a TermSymbol is its declaredType, which is a Type. All TypeSymbolWithBounds have bounds of type TypeBounds, which are often used as their primary characteristic. ClassSymbols are entirely defined by themselves.

With the exception of the root package symbol, all symbols have an owner which is another Symbol.

All symbols also have a name. It is a TypeName for TypeSymbols, and a TermName for TermSymbols and PackageSymbols.

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Supertypes: class Object

trait Matchable

class Any
Self type: Symbols.type

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Companion: object
Supertypes: trait DeclaringSymbol

class TypeSymbol

class TermOrTypeSymbol

class Symbol

class Object

trait Matchable

class Any
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Supertypes: class Object

trait Matchable

class Any
Self type: ClassSymbol.type

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Supertypes: trait TypeConstructorParam

class TypeParamSymbol

class TypeSymbolWithBounds

class TypeSymbol

class TermOrTypeSymbol

class Symbol

class Object

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class Any
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trait Matchable

class Any
Self type: ClassTypeParamSymbol.type

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Supertypes: class Symbol

class Object

trait Matchable

class Any
Known subtypes: class ClassSymbol

class PackageSymbol

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Companion: object
Supertypes: class TypeParamSymbol

class TypeSymbolWithBounds

class TypeSymbol

class TermOrTypeSymbol

class Symbol

class Object

trait Matchable

class Any
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trait Matchable

class Any
Self type: LocalTypeParamSymbol.type

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Companion: object
Supertypes: trait DeclaringSymbol

class Symbol

class Object

trait Matchable

class Any

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Companion: class
Supertypes: class Object

trait Matchable

class Any
Self type: PackageSymbol.type

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Supertypes: class Object

trait Matchable

class Any
Known subtypes: trait DeclaringSymbol

class ClassSymbol

class PackageSymbol

class TermOrTypeSymbol

class TermSymbol

class TypeSymbol

class TypeSymbolWithBounds

class TypeMemberSymbol

class TypeParamSymbol

class ClassTypeParamSymbol

class LocalTypeParamSymbol
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Supertypes: class Symbol

class Object

trait Matchable

class Any
Known subtypes: class TermSymbol

class TypeSymbol

class ClassSymbol

class TypeSymbolWithBounds

class TypeMemberSymbol

class TypeParamSymbol

class ClassTypeParamSymbol

class LocalTypeParamSymbol
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Companion: object
Supertypes: class TermOrTypeSymbol

class Symbol

class Object

trait Matchable

class Any

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Companion: class
Supertypes: class Object

trait Matchable

class Any
Self type: TermSymbol.type

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Supertypes: trait Enum

trait Serializable

trait Product

trait Equals

class Object

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Supertypes: class TypeSymbolWithBounds

class TypeSymbol

class TermOrTypeSymbol

class Symbol

class Object

trait Matchable

class Any
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Supertypes: class Object

trait Matchable

class Any
Self type: TypeMemberSymbol.type

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Supertypes: class TypeSymbolWithBounds

class TypeSymbol

class TermOrTypeSymbol

class Symbol

class Object

trait Matchable

class Any
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Known subtypes: class ClassTypeParamSymbol

class LocalTypeParamSymbol

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Supertypes: class TermOrTypeSymbol

class Symbol

class Object

trait Matchable

class Any
Known subtypes: class ClassSymbol

class TypeSymbolWithBounds

class TypeMemberSymbol

class TypeParamSymbol

class ClassTypeParamSymbol

class LocalTypeParamSymbol
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Supertypes: class TypeSymbol

class TermOrTypeSymbol

class Symbol

class Object

trait Matchable

class Any
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Known subtypes: class TypeMemberSymbol

class TypeParamSymbol

class ClassTypeParamSymbol

class LocalTypeParamSymbol

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